Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai

Symphony No. 15 in A major (Opus 141) is Dmitri Shostakovich's final symphony. It was written in a little over a month during the summer of 1971 in Repino. It was first performed in Moscow on 8 January 1972 by the All-Union Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich.

0:00 Allegretto
8:20 Adagio – Largo – Adagio – Largo
20:03 Allegretto
23:57 Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto